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Safety First.... Or OSHA will come a knocking...:eek6:

 

Replaced the plugs and coil packs on the R56. Ran like a champ and I'm glad it wasn't the HPFP. Now has the RF and LR marker bulbs out. I'll pick those up this weekend.

 

Less expensive fixes are always the best fixes !!

 

At 158k you've gotten good value out of the unit.

 

I did NOT try to buy gasoline for my MINI today. :eek6:

The DFW area is in double panic mode, so there are gas lines rivaling the seventies oil embargo. The refineries weren't destroyed by Harvey, just shut down temporarily. They'll be up and running in a few days. :frown2:

CD

 

You wouldn't know it from the way gas prices spiked up here in KC.......

I filled up my Mini, premium was $3.25/gal - fortunately it only took 4 gallons - cause it's a Mini not a MINI! :biggrin5:

 

I was supposed to get my MINI back but the body shopnis still waiting on one part and they don't know when it will be in now.... Uhg.

Also, the gas shortages in Austin are a problem. My wife is working the WEC race at COTA and I had to hunt for an hour to find fuel for her WRX last night. I waited 20 minutes in line to get fuel. It was nuts.

 

Probably gonna get worse before it gets better.

 

I remember the 70's oil embargo clearly, I was living in Wash DC then and had to get up around 4:30 in the morning to get in a gas line to
buy maybe seven gals. max. And that was only on tues., thur., and sat. Thank god it did not last.

 

Brought another one home

the 2005 R53 trifecta is complete... electric blue is the new kid on the block.



The trifecta

had to color code our keys...


color coding keys

 

Yesterday a package arrived - ebay score from last week.


New car cover

 

94k miles on these beauties


Bad front control arm bushings

and tomorrow this whole setup will go back in. Took me 2 weeks to get all the rusty and worn parts replaced. Pretty much only the main steering rack is original.


subframe getting close

 

Drove my MINI, plus an RC mini MINI in a parade today.

Then I backed my car into a pole and scratched the bumper up.. first time in owning the car for 15 years

 

Today I corrected / repaired my Aquamist HFS-6 Meth system that was not showing proper flow on the gauge only since last week when I did my new boost gauge install. :incazzato:

I must have bumped flow control valve electronics last weekend causing the issue. On the flow control board here is a little 1/8" or smaller squarish chip that sits in the recess of the flowsensor tube. The little chip was not close enough it wont sense the turbine spinning and would not show the flow on the gauge. Everything is back to working 100% now. I am just waiting for my 1.0 jet to go with my new RMW Grand Am CAM, ViPEC and wide band O2 to add a lot more Tq and HP. RMW POWER FTW!

I can't wait to get away from the limits of the silly OEM Siemens/BMW/MINI ECU. :devil:

Word of advice, never start modding a MINI because you will never stop. :ihih::lol::lol::lol:

 

Filled up Skooby with 8 gallons of hydrocarbons. Now Babs will do her best to empty the tank.

 

I put 500 miles on the GP taking the odometer over 50k miles.

 

Pulled the car out of the garage, cleaned the wheels, washed the car and tucked it back in the garage for the week.